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J. KNOWLES and S. ROSE,
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t’o!Jptrollf*r GtfMl’ , 'K , pori.
{.'uMi'TiioLu:” Ge>kbai. * Office, f
>fiLtFnfirrm.?. fWPSWK IM***
To His ErteHmt*, JOSHi’H B KHOIIX.
(fr,*rnor:
S- a :—lu compliance with tVo ppnvfeion* rtf
an act of the 2-th Decetiiber. I v l-J. 1 have :he
honor to h;< before your K.v:c;!tiuy a state
ment of the receipts and •!ihui-*im-uls at the
Treasurj during tho ti-cnl year J'vU. showing
a biihwt in lira TYeauaiv, *L ihe cud of the
year, of -til i.-loiri ‘>.
Withmitan fT|#nn?iw, havrpror, ora refer
coca? to the Treasurer's l{’jr>rt, thii reported
•* balance in the TANARUS: ensftry •’ rrei
vious to my coining into o/fice, f inner t Comp
trollers in “rely reported this “balance.” with
out any e&pUutaliou. Th v coiiaiquciice was.
th it many wli.t t.uiy read Lite Comptroller's
Export, Popp >*ed that oh of this targe bulauec
nss ro'h i t the /Wflswy ‘vlien #ieh was aid
is not th tm-t. of thw $tM tM> “ bal
as , ’ is itnarailfthle, it
b-in;’ roib!!** property, :tm rro more piihj-ct to
he n.ttfrrte I iut*> cash trim the Western %V
dlantic Itaii Rua<l, or oth *r jeibiic property ,
as none ot it caa ayU without legislative ac
tion Tim followiug items cp:opge this uua- ]
tuunble h and nice in the i're*su*v. via;
i -.k Kdaoittm fsinL .-% HW;!Ot (0
■”- xut i * Mill- it/ viil<. .v It. tO ilrel..i -RA,uU*i ut
.< • if. nk t i.U #
Wwtira.V Vila .li-.- Railroad Script -i,7 a s ill
Cicu.tcu! * ..... 19
( *! V. *.v ffttttNt <o
J.-uvlng ulv an Hvatfabh) buuVc*’ in the
Treasury of UO to sicvt tjm balance
unp-tai on thtt appr>vtutuMts tor ]oj >, amount*
iug to in** u nos lU. There was an
a. ilia ild iiaiaoet m t’ie i'revwurjr on the M h
t tetovr, 1 <*.lnt stSiKfil • ~i, to inert appro- *
jiinlions unpaid, a.a ‘tun ting lolllltki) -It-i:
lenrhig the -nnt of **. , *-- batsnee
futile Trcasiirr, rtffer paying all the rippropriar
tfous for Idol?.
l*;e dinO.lkiO Common >Sciu<o| Fund, now
deposited in tint Bank, of Savannah. and upoi
wLleh th# State is receiving at tie rate oi 1’
)K‘r cent. j*. annum interest. is include.l in
the nU.ire avaifabt** b;dart' , e in the* l'r*'ii~irv.
hopanse it is to nt‘th“ pr*p**r tin* 1
f.-r distribution.
But to m ike the Ilejiort* irctu ta * Couij*-
troikraisti i reasuicr more i u,*!t: ami iut.-ei
.eible, i would respectfully iU"gei! that ti.w
• lie nnlUoriiod or ilircc: I by tio*
islattww ki*n*ilisr;o report as a** laJ m
ih i'rea*nry M oniy ihe actuat rew in /’if 4
Trent'n ts. Then them th*a H ink.
and l? afroad sto,*f-. incliidhnr th™ stock in tim j
Atlantic A. fu'f ItsltflU'li .ind the ITwtcrti
V Atlantic Rt’df t.il, eipirately, uiid alt UQ
• tin* hc iand ot “/irr'a
iu s, *be people and. i!u.ir
notomy ace nt ai*d with
out exphtuatiou the true cash condition of th**
Tre.ssirrp, bet bv thus twas itemi of
pebllwpiwfws ty all reported s">srntelr nn*< un
der one head, they cm also see with pmiat ft
cui.y t;e to*al b-doncinj to me Hi ate. — j
Fiie Treasweer nod OounWraUff might b**li-l
reeled to rej. wt th* W<. rn Jfc Atl-ntie Rail I
road nt its r r lyin and cr*sl to tl-c Vtatt* Treasury, \
or niercly report tl witbont placing any pi fie- *
übir film JU> a value up >n it.
As the kin jviiu> item- oi “li iricn lun!;
liiti-, ••Vvcsti iu & Atlantic Kaiirood tis ija” j
and “l iiciirrent ate totally vulneless,]
anil not worth to the State the paper they sire j
written and printed on, they might with aBl
propri- ty be- desfroFbd ftr burned, and Le left ■
out of .ill future Kuporls. I
An Abstract troiu tho books of this t-ilkcac •
eouipnau s this l(*poit, as required by an act j
of tKki December, lKtjl. netting forth th j
amounts of the several appr-voriatio., b*itb
mimmon and sps*ial, nn-ler their respci'tivt:
heg.Js. the dat?r and arnoituts of w.irraiifs i
pro Ted, in whosefaror drawn and the bairnV
undrawn of caiyh anttronriation.
As rofuired try act of the lh ceiaixr,
Iftd. an exhibit is herewith sub<aKtcd ihrv
iiift ihe amount of taxes wiih whk h the inlial i
tants of each eonaty in the State rimi I ehsrg- i
ed iu the digests returned to this -tli *e hr the i
several of Tax Returns for the. year 1
ISfft. fi'Oui which it appears ih.it th*; tax as- 1
ses i amounts in Uc aggregate ta fllfi,- ‘
12191.
Receipt* nn.t Ihshurteme nt* at the ’i'rraanry. \
Os tho receipt'*into the Freasury urtriojj the
a! \ ear I- *‘J, there \va< r* tei> < and :
u *c.’ uni oi the General Tax. * *4 j
-*n - tri.i,.gs of the V.. .V A. K F:, ai.2i."'.w*aiK*j
Tttvn K'lifc Stock. ” I♦;? aaj
IHviUeu's ou Bank /•/--- 8.1 *;'> lij|
Tu cm K...tro iii *,* iSj
Taxob Ultrriio fc.eeopo.
H--orij-ta lr-*m U. S. Milittr/ClMna.... cM
i r*in t.Vivr** Bauk A -*-Hr 1,5 •> *
GeßafJti i t. It-.. 1,500 I*o ♦
From mm. all ucoju .a uiwrv lull j
acewaut of v.hlcii wifi b Ijhu 1 in
v t 15 .ids to th- ATianfc ft Golf K K. -i-s
Total R-'‘ #ftf .si„oa2.’ |
A>l(t to sM* Itduac t u** vuiiwtMt- iund
m the Irowry, 2il ytlubtf, 1 aa. -. . Ij. w j-> Si i
And vr . have a total land 0f.......ic.’ j
It wii he ?e.-u that the iucrtuueu iccerpts oi I
the Western Atlantic Railroad, llii* year
v< r last, i iWSM*.
Oi the d**burwinents of the Treasuryduring i
the Mine time, there has been >aid :
Un icf'l *t Civil Kg; xhlbhtnent lesi #15,507 13 j
ConUtgnA mnd. 1 *s•. J.. *,*‘lß 30 i
l*fTl!1 nTAnfl, lf'r t.Ht* l*ll
iVe-H-'ot Knml, IW.. &','<!! *•’
<fr': 1 msUWaniiiAtH. te.m s*!
l>nli:iifeU !wl, ub ... 9.*‘4 : ‘ M 1
lUBd. 4t-U..... <•>
. IciS 3,145 *4 j
Kr pay ol mwiibei# Bt.i ..f *
(itgi^unrH,—■ sfit>vu
“ reduction *l the ITtblie p,,
•’ Interest on d<*. -to J,’
“ aubseriptioo toAiUi fi* A CaiiiUi.
Rond I V. OM 0*
.Unt :t —1 !. ‘■; O**
•• tit, u,..—j y oi C.mjfrs f
h.ii t>W --.-v *'-*• •)
“ >lo. tuiimtt ofpatipi r|>dtiats *;■;? a ;
•* dr.. r-XVywf f ■ ndlfilMii Idit -* l.***d <• ,
■• d*>. do. (‘f < ffi. l!<l•Cf'-M: • IV. I uv IVj
“ D-\f r.r.'\ ‘B.'ft’j Afll-'B-l'f s|-
n.iri Af ptlie .i i!.V) r| i
•* .< lor I: ft <1 !*. —Ivr bkii'J
ifcav v ...n.'ivi mini
*’ Ov. do. “I jotjotv tun iff)?
** r r U-,...... ’* • t.tjiun
I', rti filiury rV*vnnft r-f (
yjj.lv!!* X.etri l*i
*• Tulirjf ~'*ie c •■ ma, I** 5........ i!r ! h •
*• rw j>*n*hi? fcMt tlwl'ißkcilUiy i
ot vow! it ‘ini* •a H ■ urow'ts <it’ uth. r
bl.te*—..... —........ jy, .. 3(i,:io a<i |
“ A'enii ••[>''-fur puhiiaiMi t*r |-k*-
vhioiis * . Jfi. e,r®M tu,
** other iuuiv**ll>iTn*yOs ap*>:
which vftll h schi in *n ah-trae:
wcnmifi'iyipjisii rd’ort.aiiiiHiu
iujrln .nUto “>o*
— ti
Total 1 IVM
lkf>re closin* this lo’ouiu ui *bv lineal
oi.t rnllor.s of tKe fr*r tiie (muu year, I ran- 1
not but allude to a:t< rmnmen<tttie |mchii|drreu.nl
with which the Tax < V>n.*ctnr>* |.*r li'.Vt Ketthni
•ip their trconilte at the Trcatmrv* *n| this i-slice. |
Wit run a tew day* after tlv iiine ;qij>oiute*i by ,
Utw for a tinai K tilesuent, all the Stale tax, ex~.
evpt alout wan paid into the ’ireusory, (
aod thurt turn* tia rearer ail the account* i
were (>lnfi *nd cumd op at tliia otiice. Itj
is iniicci (jratifyirg to see pubtia ollicers thus*
roming up to a proper dMcharjce of duty m re- 1
la lion to the monetary atfairs of the St:te. A *
few years back, not one half of the tax was
paid tu at the time it was dm*: but since the
('oilect<>rs generally bare T.*en fully informed
of their n'spniitbthti< s, ruul the ■ inty of (he
Comptroller where they failed Id obey the law,
with the ftssunenx- toal lite btw mua Ik* cluely
adhered to. i am happy lo report the jmprui>|
ue:>t hv-re ailmied to I
Haying thus exhibrteil the operations! of tlu j
Treitsnry for the past twelve montlis, 1 haw j
de-.ut -'l it ri* inapjiropriate to all mk* to and j
tnnke an approximation to the ordinary receipts !
txpandituna, oi the ensuing tLscal year. Tne
.'ui..cip*ted receipt* into the Tr*asurv lir tl*<*
fiscal year 18£0, may be stated as follows :
r rota (leneral Tax •375,000 80
ct wu-uiuys of W. * A. Uaiirojul 450 M 0 OO (
1 . ■ * •■ • 1
<•— ae.orin ij
lisSoadTs* : 6
jSiM-elkmeSCs ltrsn. -.1 . !>-* ,
ibklUsipf slisr-psjit n nppro|>nailinua |lir
Amt *i‘hrv* li<Ul ,rm i/i i ■ .f'Mi !t .iiltit.dl
The ileuuind u|**in the Treasury, for the same :
leaf, wdl approximatea follows:
To paV m4tnßers*t the 10-gilatur*.,...|lOO,Mi) OU
tiwKela “■ “
*• t’oiitincetit farl 5 -Cin.... . . .Tt". 11. lID'T OtJ
•• Pfi'tlug fimf i-'.j S4.uut| o
I•• UeUu< li-iu of i’uliiic Debt 7,000 On
To pay Inter* et nu Public IMt 170 001 00
“ snepoii oip-.nper pilii ntf, l.mimic
Asy lam ir..00 > oo
“ s itury of fcupeiiiitciidest. il**. 1,(01 <* > .
** •• other tii-.wrsand ervnt. io UMiW) ill) j
‘*. support ot pupil*. livtu’ *u<l Huttili
Ai*ylntu 0.000 00
“ Uo. \CMleiny f<r the ll ; iu(i, 5 0(:0 00
*• tin ca.bi.stia Mil. Institute, 2.000 OO
*• jmrehnse of pruvMnm f**r Peniten
tisry.. 1 . O.soo oo
** Mlirynl Clntplain do. 160 00
Stst.- Library—fur purclnote nt books... l.ooti oo ,
do. P*r salary of Librarian.. out* oo ’
Fliitbuy etnri-keep l r al .■■’.*v.iniiaL...... tioo (Hi
u*>. :it Mi,lcii|>rille I*o oo
F. r Comnnhi School Fund *... 138,0011 00
For extraordinary aj-propri .tions, aay.. .'*o,t;oo Cos
Total ♦613,70® Oo
It v.iil thus be seen, that nfti r meeting the.
ordinary ecu— mix upon the Treasury, and re
ducing the public uebt ami allowing
;sof|,(*t;u for uusreihineous or extraordinary ap
propriations, there wiii ; still he'a surplus of
y.’J'-tl.tes'i Ho In :ip|iU lua lurther reduction of
the I'ubiic i >**bt, io etimaation, <*r to any other i
| Mtirjiocs rpr- next I.tffslnfure may dirertt.
Although there ?s Mil i7.<BWofili# Pttb. Debt
fine ihe ensuing n*.-aj rear, wtill tiie State cun , |
if’ if chnunatt, liiro: m and rtiicnu S-bT.-iioJ — 1
the huts iisvmg, in 164 b. reserved to itself the i
nghl to red .cm certain lanius at any iijnc alter i
1 o Years. ih.*>e bonus are due in ISCd and
JS'eS. as win :*• -e* n l*y a more futl statement j
under the head of *• Public Debt—in Bonds.” i
It will al-o be see n that of the* b**nds idsned and
new Mitredoeiued, yIUHU.fiO arc li per ee*its,
oe.ii cent, inlertf t, and
p;iy J jkt cent. iuleie^L
There L< still due to the AtlanticGGusl f Rail
roul Foinjiany the sum >f (and the
SLitc is liouiid f.*r n nut her subscription >l’
s3t> V*Mf irhm Hie-private stockholders raise an
a Mftionil :j but tlio act making the*
Slates*s subscripts*ii to this work provided also
lof the issue of jit ale six per cent, bonds,* paya
ble ul the* expiration of twenty years, in the
event ed there not hiing luomy in the* Treasury
to meet theluslalu ebU as ihey are* called for;
consequent!/, this suus ription has been charg
cd to tla’ ‘Treasury iniy as ih<* bonds have been
iastte*! and sold to the; company.
Thf Public Dfht—ln iiunjs.
Since ihe- paymentrf the bond*due this year,,
■ anu tin* n*leiiiptio:i, bv order of your Excollen
iey. t ii*'.t.“di *>fs: .cii and six |er cent, bonds,
• !•:* in the v*ars 1 *s*io. jsiil, isr.i, Inti I,
I l-dtA, |SIkX. Js7|;
(♦lie public debt in bonds of the State is as fJ-
I io * j : -
1 IVj. in f°ro, 7 per rent. On:r*rß.bomb * 7,oeu 0i
** lw; *• “ •• •• •• lt.tHH) Oo
•• t (4/, * •• xv.'iyo oo
** j* a,; do ioo.ooooi
“ U J|i|,,. # ►),UuO *.K)
irua, • do :*5 o *o uo
“ lS0:i, ** do., <.rwr retiveinable.. 62,.'>c0 <>o
** l*-f’ *• {., 21.000 (10
*‘ l**** 6 , *• d**., now rritccmsble.. 503,0 W o ! .‘
I •* H.K* do 272,100 01
i *• 5 d0..... 72,000 110
l;o, 0 do j:,o,vxo oo
L. ** I til,'; e*. 161.3H0 00
1 -l ** do i ■ 0J
“ 7 do, redeemable i.i 13S?, KO.ooo tio
~ 1P73.8 do ./..I. 171 000 00
1 “ !;!,“ d0..; (WOOSotl
** ** 7 dii....- 11* 1.300 00
*• I*7. 7 do i 00.000 (0
id;#, •• uo iao.ooo oo
€2.604,750 00
Ar.oont subjciihwi, bat no: wsatd 250,000 o t
“ pitdjjert -i>n;lition*lJy . 1.1.■500,000 00
Total..’ A3.9M.ff50 oO
{We are forced 10 omit much of the matter of
tho report. The recommendations in reference to
it*e tax on LoUcrice, Insuntnce ami Kxprcsa Coni
j parties, 011 money loaned out of the State, the
j slave* biting thfir own time, the surccition upon
Tax ileceiven* bonds, making title* to propel ty
i sold la puv retoina of Lax-jayera, the tax
| digest, deduction to on-re<*ident a , digest of tat
laws, the valuable Statistics in relerriiceto the coat
of public buildings, the appropriations fur colleges
I and charitable iontittibons, the State stocks in va
rlous banks and railroads, the capital stock of the
’ Cen.ral ltank. “We can find place only for the
i following : j
AUFMiHXMW TW TH. RlTlXl'l LAW®.
j Ti c Act of li>2l lutrhig uunle it the duty of the
, CotnplroUer Wenvral to xconipuuy his annual rt
} port with seen recoiniuendations of changes in the
l rerenue U'.s, aa are in Lu judgment best culcu
i kted to pi ouo* o economy, and insure the prompt
. and l uuWul execution of said laws, I shall now
! ptoceeit to the discharge of this duty.
tut. ct rio* or mt ttr*T LMUiLtn'RK,
ITtu* i.tK i..*yi>Uture ditl ire’i in |sssiiig acts car
ryi’.itr out some ol the •ut'etsiious in my last An
* iuml lie sort. The result, to some extent, has far
j exee ded mr most sanguine expectations. 15y
I uk*s- Acts, me State iia-. not only realized about
iCi,o*ai ai’ditioiisl tax from Lotteries, Insurance
t n ntnatM .*ud ilwirouus, but property Ims been
I mora •mttormltt an*/ fniti y and a very Uiryr
\ imrtammi raittr*. iu value of property, has b**cn
l made this year over last year, thereby authorizing
filtrtktr Toimtuax <y ikt per nut. on property
l snb'ix-t to taxatioi', ami els** les-wming the tax, too,
inpou persons who have h“r**toiore given in liieir
j propeity at a fair valuation or the market value.—
i lan year it required cents on the to r iise
jihe tax required bv law. In eonse|ueuce of this
; mere owd return, this year i: rtquired only tis cents
iinin se the same amount, in addition to this, this
: more uniform and fnir valua*mu of property, pre
! seat* trve Sti.te, at home and ithriwtd, iu a slid more
’ elevated position—lor ail Sta es ami (inwruarntr
i are judged of and n rpecied much ou account of
tiieir ar alui ai.*i rvaourees and p* ogres-dveness—-
and a** the le.ie return approximates nearer than
. any other, to the true condition of the biate, the
causes which produce such a result can not but be
approv’ and. Tji? reftirii of the while aniouot of
! property on the Tax Hipest th*s yeai% is
1 5 ar.inst *’>4P, .15,11 Ils y*'trr, allowing an
re to •ii d’is rear over liar, of jsTiUt"! -
j C “*
| Bps, while ifiese good results h ive ensoo*l, by
re:* to tie fables .vcoinpinvinp this flej ort,
, i* sill be rer-n that one of the objects soughs to be
| accompli’ ie*l by the last I-egi-l iiur<; has not been
fully attained—at ieart in reiation to one disc of
| lor instance, Hry.vn coutitv, one ex- ‘
, .renn-, teturns thi* tear its s aves at only an aver- I
; I ge va!u* - of VHi whil.. * ~C CA- I
| *•••>% revuriw iw divn at an average value of]
, J*752. Tle average value in the ret urn of the w hole
( Mi tc is ij.j12,6.5, sh-iwing llrynn county to be
. i.-eipar the average value in the who:* State ilut
fit ii doubtful wnether It can he more equalized
| under the (4 ialotum system. I'nder this system,
j were Aaecoiors api*oitited, while some counties
would put me valuation, othots would, in all pro-
I oabllity, j oi another, and no more equal Valuation
i than the Resent. It will fn* seen, too, that slaves
, aie v-iueo lowest in the low er part of the State,
, near the seaboard. It may be pos?ibl. that the
slaves in these • ountiea are not as valuable as those
iu the upper pw. tof the Sute. Hut, however, tilts
( may be, even were there Assessors, slaves would
he valued differently in different Mtt ililiew, ami it
’is questional.l* whether the inequality would he
. leas, tty farther Legislative action at present, so
tong as the ad rolorom system is eo ttinued. The
i Stale Tax of Georgia is so small,* I tan notljrlieve
that any countjr or body of citizens in the State,
, desire 10 pay less than their proportionate tdiaie. ‘
| Wliec, then, The citizens of the various epuiitics of
the Ptafe—now below the average value in the
jPtaic —find any of their property returned below
tbe avertgc value of similar property in other por
tions of ifa* State, and discover thut either they or
their Receiver of Tax Returns have returned their
prope ty at a smaller vltk* than other portions of
the Sate, is it not reasonabh* to aeppose tha; next
year, and therealter, thev will do better, and see
‘that their Receivers discharge tliair duty, and that
1 they will themselves come forward aud retarn their
tiroperty at eornethiug like tin* vulwe put upon sim-
.!ar prr.jerty by their follow-citizen* ol other eouu-
I 1 ties, and that they will thus bear tiieir fair propor
tion of the taxes of the State f I can not l*ut think
thev will.* If, then, the Legislature xLoulil __eoheur
. with me in this view xis the matter, p rbaps It
* would be best for the present not to dh tiwb the
, existing mode of giving iu and Valuing prt party.—
tehw or orriCE or receivers or tax ki:ii;js xxn
TAX COLLECTORS.
Before dosing tlieee suggestions or “recommen
dations of such ehauges or auienduieots of th| rev-,.
eime laws of this State, us iu tries (my) opinion may
tend tt> insure their m***’ prompt ami faithful <x
tcutionAe. I can rot hji! ailode to the proei nt
filioit term for v. hicli llecflverS of Tux Keturna and 1
Tax Collectors of the State are elected. Although \
there uie no laws iu which the people ate more in- [
Lhk the nroiicr admiiiiftraiion ol the
\ I.is. >,IT I , fmutl •• ! leqi.eiit tdiiiTipfes IhSUVlff!
the officer* selected to cutry them out, it would j
f>eetn that less care* than u.Miai is felt by the |>fop'c 1
as to their proper and l.iiihfnl execution. The re-!
eeiver ot Tax RntrtWW is quire an important olheer <
in tlic ndniinistratiou of tiie tax laws. It is not j
only his duty to receive the retiiffns made to hi n I
l>v the variou* tax-paycis, b*.t it Ls also his duty to |
see that property is returned to him at a fair and 1
uniform valuation, ui.d he is required, too, to see |
that ail the property liable to taxation be taxed.
1; not gi\en in by the owner or uirent, he is to !
limit it up, or find it out, ami return it on his book j
ns in default, and double tax the Same. In tils-j
charging this duty well, and in a “firoir.pt” and
“faithful’* rttanner, he ought to he well acquainted
with tiie tx laws. Hut how is it under our pres
’ ent system ? The Receiver is ejected annually on
j the Ist Monday m January in each year, and with
out knowing any tiling, or but little, ot the laws
he is to execute, on Hit* Ist of April iol'owiug, or
thereafter, he proceeds to the discharge of his du
ties. As he progiesses with his work, TU'ionr
questions as to the law came up, and not being
very familiar with the various provisions for each
particular case, he has to hum k up. Even if lie
had read it before, he does not know whereto find
it readily, and at the time lie tftoy not find it nil,
but looks it up at another time. Thus he goes on,,
learning 1 lie law and becoming more familiar with j
it for three or four months, and by the time he]
gets to understand it and his duties'tolerably well,
• he has gope through the county the legal number j
} of times, and the lime for closing and making tip 1
| his l.ook, and forwarding it to this ollice, has nr- j
I rived. From w ant of a proper know ledge of the ‘
! law, lie may have committed errors, and over- 1
looked property liable to taxation in different parts
[ of the cdunly, but lie lias not time to visit those
’ sections again and ‘o make tho eorreetions. I’nt
ft. eii knowing the liw tml hi detstariding better
| his duties, were fie Receiver longer, he would not
fail to dis*-fitiia dutia le.if’i* ( ffii iently and
beneficially to the State the n* xt year atid therc
alter. lls tetn* of olfice is out, however, when his
book i- received and accepted by the Cdmptroiler
fienetu:, end pet hap* at tin* next election lie is
defeated; thcnTiis snec*-• *h is in the condition 1
that I.** wns when he comnseiieed his dufii s. ‘ (.'an
the ptthrie ifitetet he pimion fl by this state of |
ihiegs? My cxperieiiee, for the last’ four rears in !
this chive, l*as f.ui-lied me tl.t( it c.ci not t*e. In
n.e'si, it not it* all cas* < v. l,c:c fte liver of Tax lle
turi*s hitvc he* 11 in t.lliee mote than one rear, 1
not only tied their Digest* made ;.p more correctly i
and intJligibly. but 1 fiml f?i;* tlaties generi liv j
better et -eharged. In carry ing out the late Act
as to reci fvt: g return*', I find t! at in most cases
the largest inert-t-ed returns have been furnished
b\ Keceivois who lta'<* 1.. retofotc held the ollice.
And w bv. t-honbl not ;11 this fie o 7 If a poison!
in the* habit of handling an axe, a plow, n hoe or i
a jack-plum*, can make belter u>e of tiie sail.e, and
U more profitable to his employer titan one t6ially
unused to such tiling-, 1 can not see w hy the same
advantage would not ie'Sulr in tlie'JiohTTn l : mul ex
eentirg the duiica of an oNice bv a faithful officer.
If ractice make* more jierlect.” and if an over-’
jeer or former improve*, and does h ot* r and bet-!
ter every year, as be ha* more eyperienee, or if a !
lawyer who has had practice, and is fauiil'nr with
the law t.s deemed the safest and is more relied !
upon fora -‘prompt'’ and “efficient” discharge o!
(I'ity. titan one uith no pndiiw uuj v.Uli no ta- j
wiiiinnty witlt the law, then I can see i;o reason ’
wh v one in e ffiee tiiat at'eiuls to liis business, who {
has a sense of right and in faithful, and who lots a
laudable ambition, should not mUo improve front
day to day, and be better able to -erve those who
trust and employ him, than one altogether inexpe
rienced in such matters. *
With ItetM* results, then, and believing that h
“more prompt” and “faithful execution” of the
“twvcnuo laws” wilt be “ensured’ thereby, 1 can]
not but express the opinion that (he public good,
in the administration of the lax laws, would be,
I promoted by prolonging the term of office ot Re- j
ceirers of Tax Returns to two or more rears.—
Then? is not the same necessity for prolonging that |
of the Tax Oollector, as the duties of that officer j
are not so complicated as those of the Receiver.— j
Still, I have also found an improvement in Tax :
I Collectors who have served more than one year,
and if the Comptroller General properlv discharges
his duty, even under the present laws, no harm to
the .State could come from the change. In addi-i
lion to this, every two years ail other county ofii- j
eers arc elected, and the people at tlt.it tinie are
more careful in the selection of their officers;!
whereas, under our pre-ent system every ot!|*u j
vesr, none are there elected, except Rareumrs and*
(-oin’ctors. Ine consequence is, every otlier year, T
hut little interest is taken in these elections, altd
in imtnv comities not half of the [teojde select or’
vote for these two last named officers. Should the ]
Legislature, therefore, determine to prolong the!
term of office of Receiver and Collector, to guard
against a delay in levying and collecting tho taxes,
it perhaps might he well to amend the present
laws, so a to provide lot the summary removal of
an incompetent or unfaithful officer before his term
has expired, and the app hutment or election of
another, in the event any of the counties should
iw so unfortunate as to elect such persons to these
ottices. In llecatur county, at this time, by spe
cial statute, the Receiver and Collector are now
elected biennially, and 1 take pleasure iu saying
that bo far as i have been able to judge, there are
not two more prompt and faithful olhcers in the
State.
’ STATISTICS OS TAXAHI.ES in UEOROfA ton
As various important questions will be before
the ensuing Legislature, in the eonsid-rition of
which u partial knowledge of the condition of the
State—ol her present wealth and resources and
progressiveness—may aid in the promotion of wise
legislation, 1 have again, at some expense and
trouble, voluntarily prepared several tables for the
use of.the Legislature, which accompanies this
Report. They consist of tallies A, It, I>, E, F,
ti ami 11.
Table “A” contains the number of acres of land,
its total value and average value per acre, in tbe
various counties throughout the State, for 1858
ami 1859. Table “R” contains the number of!
slaves, their total and average'value in the same
counties for ISSB and 1859. Tables “T,” “D ’and
“K’* contain the various items of taxation— except
Dentists and Daguenenn Artists—in all the coun
ties in the State for 1859. Table “C also contains
the number of children in each county, betw* oh
the ages ol 8 and 18, returned on the Tax Books i
for 1859, by which it will be seen that the whole j
number of children returned on the Tax Books lor
a participation in the Common School Fund amounts I
to 117,670; and table “K” also contains the total
return of property in tin* several counties in 1858,
and cohimns showing the increased and decreased
returns of taxable*, L:. in the State in T t-j
1*1;- “F” contains the total value of land returned i
in the several counties in 1850, 1857, 1858 and,
1855; and table “G” contains tljc total value ol
city or town property returned in the same eoun-1
ties for the sAn.e years. Table “II” contains the |
number of poll* returned in 185 Q; the amount ol
Poor School Fund paid from the State Treasury to I
} each county for 1808; the amount paid to mem-1
| bers of the Legislature lor tin* anil* ymnr J the to
j Wki amount drawn ftoni the State Treasury by each
J county for tin* same year ; mid the net amount ol
tax paid by each county for the mine vear.
It <vil! le seen, by reference to table “E,” that
the total increase on th* whole property returned
tbi year (I 559) over last, (1858,) is 870,59 1,7<>2. i
The increased return of 1858 over 1557 was hut I
ti 1,226,151. But, ns it may be well to see upon i
what items of property the greatest increase has
been made, 1 have compired tbe return of 1858
and 1859, and the result is as follows:
A J able (Iu■ increase and decrease in tl\e
differtul iicMi <>J taxation xiuce I.SSS.
VI (u’5S |V,d. in \*>9| Increase. Dccr’e.
l-aud ( iBMHS.a;c f ty,r,47.ivMi o
8 * uvea t iJt,BJU,*uS 41,154,1i ...a.,..
City proj>'y ... Ua.11u.T44. !lU T.019,'71
Mot. it <4. tlu. ‘-9.742 7471 Ort 1 (.701 7,-t!,V4
Merrhand wr...l M*.402,5n 1 18 At I, 'it* ? 8,(M,176 ,
Blii|> k Ton ... I 7oa,TV> C4t,7*J ...... . IS I, .144
*.r Ilk Cap.. * 773,401 778,418,
St .’a, m’rs, etc.] S.sfii 7:. 1 4,425.’8 - 2 ,V>'J.:t?tu .... I
ICd *klt. furJ •2UT.4 5T.1 T.eCOUSI i!.1ti,4>12
Prop not men. ttl.Vi'-*,*.'*;: •'(W,3i.'*. | l9'Ji 4,4 31,08 j
No. 1*.,1U 87,i'4- 1 5*8, 5t:.1 I.SU7‘ \
No. I*rofe’n.. . 1 T,s*7s •J'V:wju I 14.)
No. f. p. color, j 1 ~|* ; l,Tiß| J4U
No.f'i(amt .t i ,552
Ko.tfUvM.... -152,1241 44!7gr4| ft,f)( .......
Last year Koreigu ii 10k Capital was returned on
the Tas Digests, but by nn Act of the last Legis
lature these Banks now make tiieir returns directly
to and pay the Treasurer, free of cost of .coUerv*
tion. There were also returned 92 Dentists, 57
Daguerres ii Artists, 1 nominal Slave and 5 Slaves
for hiring tiieir own time.
It will be Hut eh the largest lucres-** iu I
value of pro|>erty returneci, has been upon Slaves;
I.md cuiuoh next, and tiK*u Merchandise. Tlife j
main cause of ibis extrac.rdmary Urge increased !
return this year over last, having been alluded to
in ai other part of this lleport, I will not here say j
more iu rohuiuii to it.
It will also be seen that the increased of
polls is but 1897 over that of 1858. This, how
ever, is better titan the return of 1858, as tho re
turn then waa lul / than the year before, it
v il! lie seen, too, that while I’rcfessinns have ft.llen
est 1 !'), the return of Free Persons ot Color have
increased 1—0; and that while the return ot the
! number of acres of land is 21,562 ncres less than :
l last war, the increased value in land is (flrt,Cß7,-
j y|*. In ISSB, the increasedJntimhcr of acres re
’ tinned over 1857 was 495,1 b, “ l >i!e the increased
1 ‘otat vaMv oHsnd returned in IhoS over 1057 was 1
, Put £2,169,011. The number of Slaves has in-;
jct et.sct! bol l 1,24 1 over 1858, (-till the return of j
j he value of tin! same this tear over the last is
. SU. 134,478. The iuctea?e in nun.her in. 1658 ou*r J
j I>,:*7 was 5,553, while the increased return of total
| value in 1653 over 1857 was Mil J3,629,2t'-1.
Tlte average value of laud in the whole State in
18ftrt was $4 09 {teracre; in in; in ISSB,
|si 11; in 183'J, it is $4 43. ‘lfie- average value
‘of Slaves in 185fi was $505,21 ;** 1857, $524,'.8* ;
: it: 16*8, $520,59 ; and in 185'.i it is $002,65.
‘i his is indeed a gratifying exhibit for Georgia,
1 -and presents her in a still more fluttering and psos
perous a condition than nt any former time.
Ci-.NSI S Id tl tiCOEtilA IN 18511.
Accompanying this Reprtrt will he found a table
containing Lhc Abstract of the Census returns of
150 com:lies in the Sbate for 185‘J, by which it will
fie seen that the total p potation in these 130 coun
ties i-i 1,014,418, viz: 571,534 whites, 439,5*2
slaves, und 4,292 free persons of color. The same
counties, or territory, in 1852 gave VI 9,070 as a to
liil'poffblatT’on,'show ing art increase since 1852 of
80,25t>. The increase of slaves has been 45,487,
and of white* 31,477. If the remaining two coun
ties increase in like ratio, the whole population of
the. tiute, by the Census returns, will be about
1,02 4,i *t >.
In these 1 ffiff cnmitfel there are returned 299
I’eafnnd lhtm!>, 100 Insane ami 412 Idiots. There
are also returned 81,719 males between the ages
off. and Jti; 73,480 of females between 0 and 15 ;
(■2,1 o'. l inales, and 59,395 females under •’> years of
age; 131.592 m ales over 16 years of age ; and 138,-
323 females over 15 years of age.
In consequence of the Ute time at which these
returns* wore received, I have not been able to ex
amine or correct any of them. I have tnereltj co
pied the Abstract* as they appear on the Census
lid*. (except in one or two instances,) and have
made the sums total from them. By reference to
tho number of slaves returned by the Receivers o
Tax Returns, au*i the Census-takers, it will be seen
that there is much discrepancy fg some, if not many
couuOes, in relation to tiie number of slaves in
said counties, and there appears to he error some
w here. This being tlie case, it may be prudent to
have the Census Rooks re-added, by competent
persons,’ before an apportionment is made under
tliem by tlte Legislature.
The Iwo counties from whicli no Census Rook
has bc-n received, are Rutts and Montgomery.
WKSTKItS AND ATLANTIC RAILKOAO.
A before stated, I have found it impossible, un
der 1 xisting circumstances, to arrive at the true or
exact cost, to the State Treasury, of the Western
A'Ailantie RaihoaM, either from tlte books in thL
or the Treasury Office, <*r the various Acts of the
Legislature, since the Road was commenced. The
fir-t appropriation for this Road was made in 1836.
Ry this Act, s3s<>,(>oo were annually appropriated
lownrda building it. The next Act of 1837 to
“altei and I: mend” the Act of 183d, authorized the
<!ov rtior and Commissioners of the Western A
Atlantic llaihoad, “from time to time, and in such
: -nun? as to them may seem most expedient, to sell
or dispose of stock to be created on the credit of
the State, bearing an interest of not more than 6
p i- cent, per annum,” Ac. 41',‘ie stock not to be
*: d'M.*n..tbl ‘ under 3b years, and not mote than
6 Mi, m ) 1.1 any one year authorized to be issued.
1 l*e ih-x* Act, of the 24th December, 1838, au
thorized th (Jonini. ssloners of the Road, w ith the
I ccncut ii nee of the* Governor, to sell Script <*r Cer
tificate of State Debt to the amount of $1,5(H),000,
to make such Script of such size, form und denoui
i inatioti as they may deem most advantage to the
State, proeitli J the rate of interest does not exceed
ti p u-cei t. |x*t annum, and the reimbursement
tony not, be required within a term of 3 1 years.”—
By Act of 1839, the interest on the Script was nu
. ihorized to be paid at the State Treasury. The
next Act of appropriation was in 1845,f w hich au
thorized the Governor and Chief Engineer to issue
bor is for not exceeding (<*n,o(io. And the next
! and last Acts til 1647 and 1652 authorized bunds
to ho issued for $1,100,90*', \iz: £375,000 in 1847
and £72c,noil in I-'52.
It will thus be seen that while appropriations and
is-ue of State Bonds and State Script were author
ized from year to year, there were no specified
amounts named until 1845, ISI7 and 1852. I’re
viotti to that time, the amounts were discretionary
wiih tiie Governor and Commissioners of the Road,
provided they di J nut go beyond a certain amount
,m. ay one year. As bonds and script were issued,
boll* by lit. 1 Governor and the CoHutiissioners, and
a portion wo re paid bv the Central Rtuk, and an
t .xi tui • 4u. •- Ax <• • -“*- ’ * J- -W-I —. * L.. T 1 ->(( ..* t AM.I M • •• •
-eltcduie or reco: and ol the script issued by the Cotn
, nt* io:t *rs can lie found at tlio Capitol, there i* no
| 00?-:’ ‘ * way of finding the precise amount paid bv
, tiie St.*!.* for the Road, without a thorough exami
nation of nil the Rooks of the Treasury, the Cen
tra! R ink and the State Road, uod of the number
of bonds and s.u ipt issued and paid since 1637.
The nearest approximation to the original coH of
(he State Road to the State Treasury, will be found
below*.
CbM. F. M. Garnett, Chief Engineer of the
Western A Arlantie Railroad, in his Report to
Gov. Crawford, made on the 30th September, 1847,
submitted the fallowing us the cost of the Road up
to that time, viz :
Amount expended to Sept. SO, ’46..#3,192,694 04
“ during 4th quar. ’46.. 51,484 36
“ “ “ Ist “ ’47.. .22,815 74
“ “ “ 2d “ ’47.. 7,179 82
“ “ tid “ ’47.. 26,602 37
Script redeemed 4,5*10 00
$3,305,165 83
Add to this amount paid out 4th
quarter, ISI7 *. 13,806 27
Add 10 this amount Bonds turned
over to W. L. Mitchell by C. F. M.
Garnett, Jan. 1, H‘13...’ 22,500 00
Appropriation of 1817 375,000 00
“ “ 1852 725,000 00
*1,141,532 15
Tins 1. the largest amount, by a close examina
tion, I can find the orgi ml cost of the Road to be
to tin* Slate- Treasury. For several years, the net
earnings of the Road were used in the construc
tion of, und repairing, and building new bridges on
the same, but us I have not had an opportunity of
examining the books of the Hoad, and especially
as i onlv went into an investigation to ascertain,
/<< <!;• ui p jfti ’b!e, the original tost 01 the Iload to
th> Shiit tie I'l'tfi/, I shall here biing my Report
qpoil th -abject to a close, except to remark that
ifuring th.'* 1 iV! twelve months the Road has paid
into the Slate Tteasury tis net earning-: the sum of
* Vn:i. —\\ ill) tho slight rl.incc i have been able
to [ in- the late Tax Act*, within my reach, of sev
eral Southern Slates, 1 find that in South Carolina,
upon liTid.- - , in cities, towns, villages, he roughs, At*,
the tax is 12 V cents 0.1 the sllßl, and upon other
lands it is tin cents on the *lm), and slaves pay 7n
cents per bend. I:i Kentucky real Hnd personal
• s ate is t,.xed at •'. rents on (ho jtlth*. Iu Texas,
12} <•*. ut~ on the *l9O. In Mississippi, 16 cents ou
the yd** l * n hinds, 20 cents ou money, Ac. and 40
cents on cadi t-l-ive. Li Arkansas, cents on
the Slim. In Florida, 16 2-5} cents on the *IOO.
In A iigini.t, 4u cents on the if 100 on real and per
sonal estate, ami $1 ‘2O on each slave. In Ala
bimn, “0 cents 011 the *HM*on real estate and other
property, 50 cents on money at interest, and an av
erage la-'* o! (ii cents or. each slave, (those between
15 and 30 years of nge bein*: $ 1 10 each.) InTen
tiess*,i*, it is I,?| cents on tbe *Hk>. F’i Louisians,
it in ‘2 y cents 0:1 the klim, while in Georgia the tax
on find and slaves and other property —except
Bunk and Duihoad capital—it is now but 6f cents
A) II Ut(\)k4< IU.
Ir will therefore be seen that while the tax in
Texas wants but i cent on the 4tloo of being dou
ble our tax ; the |K*rcent. tax in the various other
, Southern Slates above named, is more than double
( that of Georgia, while Alabama and Kentucky are
, more than three times larger; Louisiana is more
. than four times larger, and the per cent, tax in
Virginia is more than nix timet larger than it is in
J Georgia.
In Wisconsin it. is 12} cents on thc*lV>o, nearly !
double; New Hampshire anti Maine it is 20 cents
lon the sl(m, over three times us large. In I'eiin
svlvatiia it is 25 cents on the Blim, nearly lour
I times as large, and in Minnesota it is 26 cents on
tile .8100, being lour times larger than our tax.
Hi Ohio, the per cent 81 cents on the SIOO, is
nearly live times 1 ugcr, and in Illinois the per cent.
•I tux, 07 cents on the ifloO, is over ten time* larger
than it is in Georgia.
Thus it will be seen that the tax of Georgia is so
far below that of other States, that it may be
1 termed almost a nominal tax.
fit may be proper here to remark, that, by an
j Act of 1813. tin* (i ivernor was authorized to sell
the Road, provided the same was not sold for less
than one million of dollars. The Act ulso provi
j ded, that “ the purchaser shall in addition to said
sum of one million of dollars, pay whatever Burn
may be expended ou said Road from this time
(1843) to the day of sale.” The sections of the
Act of 1843 authorizing the sale ol the Road, were
repealed iu a isb.
M ACON, OEOROIA :
Wednesday, October 26,1659.
’ *■-—= |
c:to\ viaukkt.
Liverpool accounts have b on received to the ,
I fflti. The iti4t!■) tis 15:*ifi at eXtro ne quotations, i
Consols Tlicie i- ail maud iu our mar* |
kot for nil tine roitmi. Sales from .> to 10.} cis.—
| I'oor and .-•ikl\ col fop wonts* 11.
Til i GRAND LODG3
Os F. A. M. commences in this city to-day at
!lo o'clock. 1. 1 con-u-di u with the meeting, tliey
| will attend the crodion of a monument to tle
memory ot Cqt. Isaac lIoi.MiS The procession
will niov. liout tiie 1.0d.e about Ii ilf-past 2o’clock.
The follow; g is the pro*riime ot the ceremonies.
The Centn*l Assembly of Geoigw, by resolu
tion ass. nu’ l in December 22, 1807, requested Ids
Excellency, the Governor, to cause to be erected
a suitable Jloitunient to the late Captain Isaac
Holm ks, in lionor of hU services to his country in
the Florida War atul late Mexican War : and the
City and citizens of Macon, the Macon V olunteers
and Masonic Fraternity uniting in the testimonial,
the die*of the Monument will be laid with appro
priate ceremonies on Wednesday, P. M., October ;
2 ttth.
The Frocession on the occasion will be formed
on Mulberry-street, between 2nd and 3rd streets,
the light of the column resting oa 2nd street, in
the following order, and will move at half past 2
o'clock, P. M.
1. Macon Volunteeis.
2. Macon Guards.
3. Floyd Rifles.
4. Jackson Artillery.
5. Survivors of the Macon Volunteers, who
seived in the Florida War.
C. Survivors of the Macon Guards, who servad
in the Mexican War.
7. Masonic Lodge.
8. Odd Fellows.
0. Orator.
10. Honorable Mayor and Aldermen of Macon.
11. Governor of the State and Suite.
12. Ilibb County Cavalry.
13. Citizens. IL F. ROSS,
Marshal of the Dm/.
We are requested to state that on tire arrival of
the Procession at Rose Ilill Cemetery this after- j
noon, the column will inarch within the enclosure |
and halt in front of the building near the gate, j
where addresses will be delivered by the Hon.
Tiros. Hardeman, jr., anJ lion. Henry K. Jackson ; ;
alter which the Masonic Lodge will proceed with 1
the ceremonies *f laying the die of the monu
ment übout to be erected to the memory of the
late Captain Isaac Holmes.
MS THWjSAT.
The very courteous and efficient Comptroller
General, has favored us with proof-sheets of his
interesting and elaborate report for this political
year. We make copious extracts, which we doubt
not will be interesting to our readers. We may
hereafter notice more particularly sonic of his
valuable suggestions.
THE FIRIiT FROST.
There was a very slight frost noticed in some 1
places about this city on the morning of the 22d |
instant. Present indications of the weather are j
against its immediate repetition.
NEW P7ANO.
We listened, with pleasure and surprise, recent
ly, to the performance of Prof. Von llouten, ot
Griffin, upon one of Driggs’’newly invented pianos.
We were pleased with the tone and make of this
newly invented instrument. See the advertise
ment of Mr. Rice.
A NEGRO FUNJiRAL.
We noticed, on Mouday lust, in our streets, what
might seem a singular scene in a slaveholding com-1
inunity, to some of the sympathizing Abolitionists, s
it was the luneral ofa negro man slave called John 1
11 utier. The hearse was preceded bv a band of!
music—to which he had belonged—playing the
“Dead March,” an-F followed by sixteen carriages
and a numerous procession.
. ‘ I
EXECUTED.
James Revel was executed at Knoxville, Craw
ford county, on Friday last. He was sentenced to
be hung sometime since, for the murder of (bv
shooting) two men ot that county by the names of!
Adams and Hammock. After his sentence lie was
liberated from the jail in Clinton, by his friends,
where he had been placed for safe keeping, and
i escaped to Tennessee. Here he was again cap-!
tured, and has met a fate that he well deserved.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Atlanta, Ga. Oct. *24, ISoth
The people are gradually coming in ; the hotels
are filling up; the weather is charming, and there
is a prospect of quite a successful exhibition. Ace
I have never attended a fair at this place, I may
remain a day or two to see how it compares with
those we used to have at Macon. Some fine stock
lias I een entered, I learn, and this department
promises to be quite attractive.
The trial of William A. Choice, for the murder
of Calvin Webb, here last week, excited a good <
deal of interest. He was ably defended by elo
quent and learned counsel. The jury, after
out less than an hour, brought iu a verdict of
guilty. Jlis ease will go to the Supreme Court,
and probably to the Legislature.
We are at lust having cool weather. I was iu
Pleasant Valley, Murray couotv, on Saturday mor- 1
ning, and a snowy frost covered the fields. On j
the whole, the husbandman has reason to rejoice 1
in teeming harvests. At Dalton, Rome, Atlanta
anil Griffin, there is, at present, n good deal of in
terest exhibited on the subject of railroads. The
Legislature, which meets next Wednesday, ma; j
hear something on the subject.
In haste, K.
’■'lie tlinrl.ston Convention.
Tor President :
A. G. Brow n, of Mississippi.
For Vice President:
Horatio Seymour, of New York.
Our Brown, we candidly believe, *is the only
southern man who can carry the entire South and
other States, and we have no objections to Sey
mour for Vice President.
The intelligent correspondent, at Washington,
of the Baltimore Huh, “loii,” thus speaks of w hat
will almost undoubtedly be done ut the Democrat
ic Convention to be held next year in Charleston :
“ It is more certain than ever, that the northern
delegation will defer to the wishes of the southern !
delegates, both in regard to a platform and to the
nomination of candidates fir the Presidency and
Vice Presidency. TheSoith must furnish nearly
all the electoral votes, and of course has a right to
chouse the candidates. I; a southern inan bo non
ina'ed as President, it is /cry probable that Gov.
Horatio Seymour will be selected ns Vice Presi
dent, in deference to the wishes of the vast ma
jority of the democrats of the Empire State. It is
1 thought that his name on the ticket would go tar
to secure the electoral vote of New York ; but I
must say that no one can ‘count upon New York’
iu any event. Rut the result of the fall election
for State officers may indiAte a change fovor.tble
to the Democracy.”— Jfix*. Free Trader.
The Pacific wagou road has been finished.—
During (be sum me.* some 1,500 wagons 12,000 head
of cuttle, and about 4,000 persons have passed over
it. Grass, wood, and water are found abundantly
along the entire route. It commences ut the South
Pass, leaving the Sage Plains to the southwest, and
going directly through the Wasatch Mountains, by
wav ol Thompson’s Pass, crosses the head-wuCcrs
of Bear and Great Snake rivers.
The New York correspondent of the New
Orleans Crescent thinks that the Hon. W. U. Hires,
of Virginia has a chance of being nominated asthe
Opposition candidate for thy Presidency, ami of
being elected.
ELECTION IN GECRGIA.
We find in a late number of the Mobile Regishr,
edited by Mr. Forsyth, the following deductions
from the recent Gubernatorial election in this
£tate. We leave our democratic contemporaries
to refute them. Mr. Forsyth says:
“ We had occasion, u few days since, to comment
on the recent election in Georgia. Not only is the
election a gloiious party tiiuii ph, the Opposition
| party having lost both in the State Legislature and
I iu the Congie.Nsional delegation, but no candid man
i can fail to perceive in it an umr.i.stakabie indics
i tion of poj.ular feeling, most gratifying to the
Triends of Senator Douglas. True, his cause wa>
not directly made an issue, although the Opposi
tion labored earnestly to make it. one. Hut win
can fail to acknowledge the peoplea’s rebuke in the
several thousand votes which Gov. Biowu has
added to bis former majorities. Mr. Akin, lis
competitor, was among the loudest ot Judge Doug
las’ denunciators ; Unpledged himself not to vote
tor the Illinoisan, even if nominated by the Charles
ton Convention, and gave vent to a great deal
more of similar ranting. Gov. Drown, on the other
hand, was known to be n personal tiiend of Judge
Douglas: politically, be had expressed himself oj -
posed to Congressional agitation of slavery, in fa-
vor of non intervention, regular organization <1 ,
the Democratic paity, and the nominee of the j
Charleston Convention. If the Opposition had
succeeded in misleading ’the sound judgment cl
the people of Georgia; if they had succeeded in
’ gulling public credulity with their silly slander.-.
! can it be supposed that in the popular vote the
Opposition would have lost, as they have done, so
much of the slender ground they held beforeT”
‘ -.-
“Where Slialt Wills* Cio.-’
The Xaiioual Intelligencer. , nailing the glorious 1
old Whig colors securely to the most head,'sturdily ‘
objects to any coalition of Whigs with the Demo- ]
cracy, albeit the appeals of the latter have become |
quite tender and pathetic. The “glorious old!
Whig Party,” the “illustrious champions of the |
Patriotic Party,” etc., etc., having become quite
i common expressions in the mouths of the Demo- j
’ cracy. They have just discovered, it seems, the j
I merits of the principles and men that, aforetime, i
\ they were accustomed to berate and hold up to the ]
condemnation of the country. The Xaiioual In- j
j telligemer demurs to all such appeals, and exhorts
’ the Whigs to stand by tiieir arms and maintain I
their organization. It regards these appeals as out ;
of place, if not impertinent.
It alleges that the Republican party of the North
owes its existence and derives its daily food from
the sectional agitations provoked and fostered by
the Democratic party ; that the Democracy must
be held mainly responsible for the political chaos
which has been precipitated on the country ; and
that there are cogent reasons why the old line
Whigs should avoid the proposed affiliation. The
| Intelligencer, in defense of its position, raises the
ghost of a former coalition, w hich must be anything
but a pleasant reminder to ihe Democrats. It
r.sks : “ Where slept the thunders of denunciation
w hen a Freesoil Senator of the I'nited States was
was elected from the State of Massachetts by a
combination of Democrats and Freesoiiers against
■ the national Whigs ? Why did the sentinels of
| Democracy neglect to cry aloud and spare not
when a similar fusion was effected in} Vermont, in
Connecticut, and elsewhere at the North ?”
These reminders at terrific blows, aud when the
I Democracy talk nboofcoalition, as they sometimes
do, it is well to jog their memories a little in the
j way the Intelligencer does. _ Coalitions are a good
: deal like the ox and the bull affair. They are
! meiitorious or otherwise, according to the side up
j on which they take place !
COMMUNICATED.
Messrs. Editors : I find that the impression gen
erally prevails that all the “ Lank cases" —that is,
the suits and claims of the the bro
ken Banka at this place have been settled. This
is a mistake. The (acts are these : Last summer,
during the session of the Supreme Court at 11a
| con, a compromise was effected, and the terms
| agreed on so far as the liability of the Stockbold-*
j ers and Directors of the Planters aud Mechanics’
Bank of Columbus was concerned. That arrange
i inetit. its- Li has not as yet beta fully carried out .
| but it is being done—audit is believed will he con
i sumated. When that is done it will uot extend
1 to any other Bank, nor embrace any other liabi’.b
j tv than that .of the Stockholders-and Directors of
that particular Bank, to'pay its debts. The
j amount to be received w ill not discharge the debts
against that Bank. The creditor retains the bal
ance of bis claim and has reserved the right of
pursuing the assets of the Bank for its sati-fac
faction ; which lie is now doing and lor which
suits are pending. There is the Chattahoochee
Rail Road and llanhirg Company—the old Bank
of Columbus, the Bank of St. Mary’s, and the
Manufactuiera 1 and Mechanics’ Bunk, (whose out
standing liabilities amount to some two or three
hundred thousand dollars, and for the portion in
, bills the stockhold are made liable by their respec
; spective charters, except the Dank of St. Mary’s)
are not embraced in, not id any manner affected
by the arangement or compromise before alluded
to. Manty of the holders of these claims are
pressing their collection. Suits are pending against
the stockholders or directors, of most, if not all
of these Bank, aud the rights and liabilities of the
parties ate yet to be adjudicated by the Courts.—
I have deemed it not only just to the parties irn
[ mediately interested, but also due to the public
that the erroneous impressions which seem to pre
vail on this subject should be corrected, and re
spectfully ask the liberty of doing so through the
columns of your paper.
Very respectfully, yours, Ac.,
W. DOUGHERTY.
From the Savannah News of Oct. 20.
ThrtWanderer Stolen and Eti uited to Sea.
Early yesterday morning it was rumored on the
Bay that the famous yaich Wanderer , which had
been lying in the steam below the Dry Dock lor
some two or three months past, had put to sea in
the night without a clearance, aud without the
know ledge of her owner. Oa making enquiry in rc
, gard to the matter, we learned that the report wag
true, and that the Wanderer had beeu stolen by a
man called himself Cupt. Martin, who, with his
j crew, escaped with her down the river between
j twelve and one o’clock on Tuesday night.
The facts of the case, as well as we have been
able to ascertain them, are as fellows :
Since her condemnation bv tho Government and
sale to 0. A. L. Lamar, Esq., the Wanderer, hav-
ing been thoroughly overhauled, repainted and
fitted, had laid in our port, occasionally making a
plea.-'Ure excursion—once to Havana, and once or
j twice to the fishing banks—and coming back to her
anchorage, which was shifted from time to time,
iiut where she lay quietly with no more than a man
or two on board, and with no apparent preparation
for a voyage to sea. For some weeks past her
sailk’ had been unbent aud she had dropped down
near the lower Rice Mill. A rumor having been
in circulation that she was waiting here to aid in
the escape of the slavers confined in our jail for
having been connected with her previous voyage
to the coast of Africa, Captaiu Day, of the revenue
cutter J/obhin , had been instructed to keep a dose
watch on her, to see that she did not attempt to
escape wih the slavers. Accordingly, the yacht
was stead.ly under the surveillance of the cutter,
until a few days since, when, as 6he had her sails
unbent, was without a crew or stores on board, and
was in ever respect unprepaipd to go sea, it was i
deemed unnecesary to continue ihe watch, and the 1
cutter, after being detained several days by unfa- j
favorable winds, put to sea on a crutce on Tuesday
morning. On Tuesday, and perhaps *vr a day or
two previous persons on the lower Bay observed
that liie Wanderer was taking stores on board,
and on til* same afternoon her sails were btfL’t. —
On Tuesday evening Mr. Lamar, her owner who bad
been absent, and but just returned to the city, met
Mr. Collector Boston, and stated to him that he
had reason to suspect that Cupt. Martin, who had !
been iu negotiation w ith him tor an interest in the j
Wanderer , and who, it seemes, had assumed com
mand of her, intended to steal the vessel, and re
quested that he would instruct the officers of tho
cutter to keep a dose watch on her. Mr. Boston
informed Mr. Lamar that the cutter had gone to
sea, he had no means of preventing his vessel from
being stolen, leaving him to employ such means as
the civil authorities of the port would afford hint.
; On yesterday morning, the Wauderer having
! disappeared during the night, Mr. Lamar called on
l Mr. Boston, aud notified him of the fact, aud asked
him to write to the Ameiican Consul at Havana
and to Otbeis advising them oi the escape. Mr.
Lamar subsequently (a few ii.imiu - after) leturncd
to the Custom lloi.se and said to Mr. Boston that
the Wanderer was agrem diu the river, and re
quested him to fuu.i.-ii a -U-emei with v.t ich to go
in pursuit of her, Mr. Boston informed Mr. Lamar
that it was anew ca-e iu Ids experience—that the
escape was a roilation Os the reyci.iie laws, but it
was !is (Mr. LV) property that had be* n stole# •
that he did i.oi feel autlmiized, the tutli r not being
at command, to contract a debt on the part ol the
govvipint nl io recover his vessel; ai.ihe same lima
inlormii-g him that if 1 e wculd pro* ufe'a steamer
to go in pursuit ol the Wanderer, ho would instinct
an ctiic* r of ihe revenue to accompany huiq and
that he wonid lay the matter In ton- the govern
ment, and if payment of the expense incurred was
refused, he (Mr. L.) would bo resjtoi sible.
‘the inteiview between Messrs. Boston and La
mar took place about nine o’clock, at which time
the )i andere.r was set n from the exchange steeple
, ngronnd not li*r bom Tv bee. Mr. Lamar procured
| the steam-tig Paha/ttn*, at.d acompanied by two
’ Custom House officii.-, v.iiha number of friends,
j v ell iirnn ti —among whom weic several who has
sold ship-supplies to the Wanderer, yet to be paid
tot—left the city* fifteen minutes past ten o’clock
in pursuit. Fiom the steeple ol’ (he Exchange the
Wanderer was seen to get under way about half
-1 pist eleven, and on ts r arivrd ol the Colniuhve at
Tyht -e, at liaif-piist twelve o'clock, tl e yacht, hav
ing a tnvnrabk- wind, was entirely cut of sight.
We undeisfand ti.at tl.t greater |wrt of the stores
of the Wanderer were purchased and taken on
1 oaid on Tuesday and Tuesday night, the bills for
which are unpaid. Her crew, consisting of twenty*
sevi n miT, were ah-o si ipped on Tuesday audTr.eS
| day r ight. Ft.e has two pUcea of cannon with a
j bid eon piiment of small amis ami good supply of
ammmii.ion. We liear it stated that her gusts w; re
!a. o'.ted on Tuesday nig let, and that she was in a
j condition to insist any attempt to capture her.
i C..pt. Win. F. Black, formerly of the Richard
j < Jaleu, but la telly a shipping master of this port,
! w iio v.eiit on board on Tuesday night to collect his
| account and a runner by |iu- name ol Ned, who is
i ai-o a ti.-herinaii and pilot, and wi.o went on board
i for H e same purpose, were carried off by the
| The n ausaetioii is one of the boldest and most
| h’gii handed outinges that has e'er come to our
i knowledge, and, according lo our notion, approaches
] more nearly to downright piiacy titan any tiling
that the Wanderer Has yet been engaged in.
The man who assumes the name of It. S. Mar-
Ilia, and who is the eoncoctor and executor of this
.succes-ful scheme of viiliany is from ihe Slate- of
Maine, and is an eutire stranger in this community.
Ki\m the Savannah it* publicsn rfO. t ‘2l,
‘ill • lirpurture us i|ie Wanderer,
If the general impression be correct, the disap-
pearance of the yacht Wanderer from our w aters
is the most daiing instance of robbery on record.
We intimated, in. our ci;y*edition of yesterday,
that she had perhaps gone on a maiooning expe
dition, as the facts then in our possession seemed
to justify the iuspii ivn that a hoax was attempted
upon the public. A* r, norp-.-d to us, however, aud
on good authoiity, the loliotviug seema ;p be thg
real status ot the atf.-ir;
The Wanderer lias been lying in our port during
the summer and f;J!. Some days ago, a nitiu, call
ing himself Captain Martin, arrived in the eity and
proposed to purchase the famous crait. Being un
profitable stock, ihe owner, Mr. Lamar, was quite
willing to part with the property. A piice was
named and agreed upon bv the contracting parties,
the condition of the sale being cask. A tew days,
however, were necessary to make the financial ar
rangements, and iu use meantime Martin was al
lowed to take possession of the ressel and prepare
her for sea. Several boys were fixed lor the pay
ment, but in every instance the purchaser failed,—
The vendor became restless, if not suspicious, ft
fact which seems not to have escaped the observa
tion of the wily vendee, for between midnight aud
day of Wednesday, the Wanderer, with a supera
bundant crew—numbering 27, when 12 is her full
complement—weighed anchor and set sail rbr parts
unknown, it utt'. ns, according to the best infor
mation that we could gather, fhstslip whs “armr-d
to the teeth” in ull respect*, and amply
for long voyage, lire latter comforts having been
obtained fryp pf cost, as no bills were paid previ
ous to the departure, ft is glso said that these
supplies were taken on board by daylight, and
without the slightest effort at eoneoslfirpt.
About the lime cf her departure, Captain Black,
of the Richard Colden, and a pilot named Ned,
went aboard to collect certain dues while the op
portunity was offered. These parties w ere not al
lowed to go ashore again, but were taken cut to
oca and discharged iu the own good time of (. apt..
Martin. They were put into a email boat about
three miles outside the bar, and returned to the
city yesterday. Tpor. setting sail, Capt. Martin —
who seems to be a tuccanfer of the first water-
told Black that be w as now master of the ship, and
had things all h:s own way, and that If any one ou
board attempted to ivterfere with his plana, bo
would blow his brains out in an instant. Upon
Black’s leaving the ship, Cap*t. Marlin requested
him.to give his very best compliments to the peo
ple of IBava. mail; tdl them to , and that
the Wanderer was safe on her way to the “other
side of Jordan.”
Such is the version of the sfory generally be
lieved in onr city. Vv e have no opinion on the
subject. It is generally Hgrced tluit Mr. Lamar
Inis been thoroughly “told,” aud nefariously robbed
of his property.
Martin is represented a thorough-bred despera
do, apd us having be.oa engaged for some years in
the slave trade. His appearance would justify a
suspicion of that character,
Tlie IIa; jK-i s Ferry Ifikurrectlon.
Baltimore, Oct. IP. —The dying confessions of
some of the insurgents disclose the fact that Os a
watomie Brown was the sole concoutor and insti
gation of the insurrection. Months ago he hired a
lurm iu the vicinity of the Ferry, w here he gathered
around him several impoverished Kansas discon
tents aud
?eize the U. S. Armory, hopiug thus to insure a
concentration of the slaves ot the neighboring
counties of Virginia and Maryland, and*to create a
general, wide-spread insurrection. The insurgents
state that on Hnnday they were to have been rein
forced by fifteen hundred men. Many citizens and
government employees were on Sunday night
lorced out of town by armed squads of whites atul
blacks.
1 iiese spread the alarm and caused the assem
bling of bodies of armed men and military in the
neighboring towns, who promptly concentrated
around*the Ferry, thus alarming the negroes who
may have intended to join the insurgents.
The rail rood companies afforded every facility
for the transportation of troops, and before tl:o
insurrectionists were aware of it every outlet fioin
the town was guarded, and themselves completely
penned. Previous to their being thus surrounded)
a portion of the abolitionists had effected a stam
pede among the negroes on the neighboring farms,
forcing them uwuy against their will; others had
conveyed government arms and munitions to dis
tant hiding places. It is also said that they plun
dered the I’ay Office of the U. S. Armory of some
fifteen or twenty thousand dollars in money. About
dusk on Monday night the lochl military simultane
ously attacked the town at four different j oints,
and drove the insurgents into the armory inclcsuie,
where they sought refuge. The tight in the streets
was very severe, fifteeu of thfe insurgents and twy
or three of their assailauts being kiiiedand several
wounded. Matters thus rested until the arrival of
like Mai lues end Baltimore troops, wbep the aumb
ry was forced to surrender. At daylight on Tues
day morning the demand was made upon the in
surgents in the armory to surrender, which being
refused, the Marines proceeded to batter down the
dpors, succeeding in which, they were received
with a brisk fire from the insurgents within, by
which one man was killed, one it is feared mortal
ly wounded, and two or three others slightly
wounded. The Marines having forced an eptrance,
took the insurgents prisoners at the point pf tho
bayonet, and liberated the citizens w hom they held
as prisoners, and whom they had threatened to
murder in case they were attacked by the troops.
The number of insurgents taken prisoners teT.ot
stated. Hut of the iliigin.il insurgeuts fifteen are
dead and two arc beijeved tq Ije niprtalJy woqpded.
Citizens Murdered. — Among tlip citizens imnr
: dered are Messrs. Fountain aud Brcakhapi, both
j prominent and much respected citizens; Joseph
Bundy, Agent of the Railroad Company, and
George Turner, one of the first men in the viciut
ty.
Killed in the Fight. —Evan Dorsey, Railroad
Conductor, and George Richardson, of MartiDS
burg.
Several Soldiers are seriously wounded.
Lafe^t,
IJrown is not aud may possibly live to
I .be hung.
Quiet has beeu restored. A troop of mounted
• rajigers, under the President’s orders, are now in
pursuit of fugitive insurgents.
The United States District Attorney has gone to
the Ferry to take charge of the legal proceedings
against the prisoners.
The arrangements of Gov. Wise to prevent the
spiead of the insurrection, were complete and most
admirably executed. Tile, Governor himself arrived
on the fp(R too late to participate iu the attack.
He had seveu infantry companies, two rifle compa
nies, ayd on* artillery company, all with full ranks^